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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Basically, a [['''Family Business]]''' is any organization run by people who happen to be related. It could be anything, in any time period, across any setting. There is probably an expectation that the children (particularly the eldest son) will [[Generation Xerox|carry on the legacy.]] [[Truth in Television]]: many small "Ma and Pop" stores are family owned and operated (kind of goes with the name). But they seem to be dwindling as a result of competition from larger chains.
 
Not to be confused with [[The Mafia|The Family's "Business"]].
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** And the American version of Steptoe, ''Sanford and Son''. Same deal applies.
* ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'' was set in Grace Brothers' department store. The ancient Young Mister Grace put in several appearances; his brother Old Mister Grace didn't get about much.
* The business in the Showtime documentary series with the same name as this trope is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|of course this]]. Being it's on Showtime, you can probably guess what the [[Family Business]] ''is''.
** Hint: {{spoiler|The patriarch is better known as Seymour Butts}}.
* [[Pawn Stars]]: The Gold & Silver Pawn Shop is run by Rick and his father, "Old Man" and employs his son, "Big Hoss".
* ''[[The Protector (TV series)|The Protector]]'' episode "Blood" centered on a family run restaurant operated by a mother, her oldest son and her daughter. The younger son wants to open up a second restaurant under the same name to expand the [[Family Business]] but financial and personal issues threaten to derail everything. [[It Got Worse]].
* [[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On The Prairie]] had the Olesons Mercantile and Nellie's Restaurant/Hotel.
 
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